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1 March 13, 2021 Vol. 19 No. 5 Randy McKee Cathy Ballinger, Program Coordinator Kat Little and Sandy Kline stand at Whit’s End Community Place, the local nonprofit 501c3 organization based in Wooster founded by Kline and Ballinger with a goal of providing those in the area who have been affected by cancer with free services and support. See page 4. PERMIT NO. 4 4 NO. PERMIT WILLIAMSPORT, PA PA WILLIAMSPORT, PAID POSTAL CUSTOMER POSTAL 2 Top priorities 3 Feed needs 12 Spring ahead POSTAGE U.S. PRSRTSTD Commissioners list 2021 Pandemic sparks growing Learn how daylight saving *****************ECRWSS**** goals, projects. food insecurity in Wooster. time can affect you. 2 2 • Wooster Weekly News March 13, 2021 Commissioners list 2021 priority projects 7368 CR 623 • PO Box 358 The Wayne County lation of a state-of-the-art from the lower level of the Millersburg OH 44654 commissioners recently body scanner and a new jail courthouse to the space cur- 330-674-2300 • 888-674-1010 released a report detailing laundry facility. The team rently occupied by the Law Fax 888-769-3960 their planned priority proj- at the jail is finding many Library. Construction is OFFICE HOURS ects with two categories: inmates simply hand over scheduled for 2021 with Monday-Thursday 8 AM-5 PM Friday 8 AM-Noon strengthening the criminal drug contraband at booking completion in early 2022. justice system and assisting when informed they will go The Law Library will be DISPLAY AD DEADLINE with developing and pre- through a body scan. relocated to the Municipal Call 330-440-2835 TUESDAYS AT NOON serving countywide com- Relocate dispatch ser- Court building as part of Stark • Tusc • S. Tusc munity assets. vices — Space on the first this project. WEDNESDAYS AT 11 AM This is the first of a two- floor of the justice center Deploy juvenile assess- Wooster part series on those priori- was renovated in order to ment/stabilization pro- WEDNESDAYS AT NOON ties, on plans for the coun- move countywide dispatch gram — The Juvenile Holmes • Wayne ty’s criminal justice system. services out of the basement Court is successfully uti- CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE Criminal justice sys- level. This move is a major lizing more effective strat- Call 1-800-552-7150 upgrade and will be com- egies as an alternative to TUESDAYS AT 11 AM tem Stark • Tusc • S. Tusc Justice system strategic pleted early this year. detention in many cases. WEDNESDAYS AT 11 AM action planning — Devel- Communications tower Also, the family drug court Holmes • Wayne • Wooster oping a comprehensive — Much work occurred is helping to restore healthy PROOF/AUCTION assessment of the county in 2020 toward establish- family relationships. AD DEADLINE criminal justice system is a ing a Multi-Agency Radio Wayne County is expe- MONDAYS AT 5 PM high priority for 2021. The Communication System riencing cost savings as Stark • Tusc • S. Tusc plan will incorporate a num- tower to fill a gap in criti- the five-county juvenile TUESDAYS AT NOON Holmes • Wayne • Wooster ber of new facilities and cal radio communications attention system is adjust- programs that have come in the Fredericksburg area ing to lower utilization. NEWS/EDITORIAL DEADLINE TUESDAYS AT NOON online in the community for public safety and ser- Some of these savings will recently. vice use. However, the proj- be used to support alterna- All deadlines subject to change for holidays. The commissioners have ect was delayed into 2021. tive pathways to stability asked the county’s com- Partial funding was pro- for troubled teens and their NEWS POLICY munity corrections advisory Submitted vided by the state capital families. News and announcements board to lead in assessing improvement budget passed Because much of this is may be submitted via mail or Lt. Michael Smucker demonstrates a body scanner that is email to [email protected]. and developing a strate- used to prevent offenders from smuggling drugs or other con- in December 2020. A search sporadic and needed during Publishing of news items is gic action plan. This board traband into the Wayne County Jail. for remaining funding is night hours, this would be subject to space availability. involves many stakehold- tive. ities statewide. This is a underway. very costly to staff indepen- The Bargain Hunter reserves the right to edit, condense, ers in the county criminal The county jail is a defi- potential source for assis- Relocate Common dently. There is an effort to refuse or cancel any item. justice system. Guidance ciency in the system. Previ- tance, though the backlog Pleas Court probation identify compatible social and expertise are being pro- ous work and efforts will of needs across the state is department — Construc- services partners to make ELECTRONIC FILE vided by the Ohio Office contribute to this work. In tremendous. tion plans are nearly com- this programming more SUBMISSION of Criminal Justice Ser- late December 2020, state Two improvements plete for relocating the pro- cost-effective. All photos should be submitted as TIFF or JPEG vices and the Ohio Supreme officials appropriated $50 were made in the jail this bation department of the Next: Guiding 2021 file formats only and must Court’s Stepping Up Initia- million for local jail facil- past year with the instal- Court of Common Pleas community improvements. be 200 dpi resolution or higher. Ad files submitted as PDF files are preferred. 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More are remarkable are the numbers “Just having a place to sit break Community Church homeless. Many of the home- of children affected. Prior to down with a cup of coffee and through its Kitchen of Hope less are young men. COVID-19, approximately talk for a while,” she replied. program to provide a week- Cheryl Oswald, manager 40% of Wooster City Schools This conversation took ly take-out meal for lunch of the food pantry and free students qualified for free and place on a recent morning in on Saturdays. The Salvation Sunday night meal at Zion reduced-price meals at school. the foyer at Trinity United Army soup kitchen now also Lutheran Church on North The next article in this series Church of Christ in down- hands out to-go meals every Market Street, said for many will expand on the problem town Wooster. As the meal was Monday through Friday. years a hot meal was pre- of childhood food insecurity being served, guests waited for With the pandemic, all pared for up to 75 people. in Wooster. breakfast sandwiches, water of Wooster’s programs see Since the onset of the pan- This story was written by and snack items to help start a change in who is in need demic, a bagged sandwich Susan Figge and Wyn Jones another cold day on the street. of meals. Some of the older supper is offered to-go. Now for the Wooster Homelessness Since the COVID-19 guests are no longer able to fewer guests may actually be Task Force and is the first in a shutdown in March of last Submitted get a ride, or they stay away waiting at the Larwill Street monthly series of articles on year, the shared fellowship The breakfast program at Trinity United Church of Christ because of the cold or fear of entrance at 5:30 p.m., but aspects of homelessness in the and exchange of information, served around 25 people when it began in 1994, a number infection.